Can I do it?

Yes! You can use the Hide Student Names feature to hide students' names in the SpeedGrader. This feature hides identifying student information, preventing grading bias based on a student’s identity, previous course work, attendance, or other factors.

This tip aligns with section 1 of the BTC Course Design Tool. Specifically, this tool helps to prevent grading bias for a more “equitable, diverse, inclusive, and accessible learning space.”

How do I do it?

Open SpeedGrader.
Click Settings (gear icon, top right) in the SpeedGrader.
Select Options.
Check the Hide student names in the SpeedGrader box.
Click Save Settings to save the setting for your course.

Note: This will hide student names in the SpeedGrader for all assignments in the course.

For more information, check out the following Canvas guide: How do I hide student names in SpeedGrader?

Keep in mind...

Anonymously graded assignments will automatically default to a manual grade posting policy and grades will not be displayed to students until the assignment grades are posted. Once grades for an anonymously graded assignment are posted, the anonymity is removed.